Niti Bhan is up in arms about Alice Rawsthorn laudatory article on the design of the One Laptop Per Child, published in the International Herald Tribune:
"What is the purpose of good design if there is no one who can use it? Like the mythical tree that falls in a forest if no one heard it crash, is a product's design any good if it remains on a museum's pedestal? [...] What is the purpose of a design award for a product that failed to meet its own creative brief?"
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